Operation Northwoods

Operation Northwoods or Northwoods was the code name for various false flag actions, including terror attacks on U.S. soil, proposed in 1962 by senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders to generate U.S. public support for military action against Cuba.

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False flag - Terror attacks - 1962 - U.S. - Department of Defense - Cuba

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The proposal was presented in a document entitled "Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba," a draft memorandum (pdf) written by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) representative to the Caribbean Survey Group. The draft memo was presented by the JCS to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara on March 13 with one paragraph approved, as a preliminary submission for planning purposes. McNamara rejected the proposal.

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Memorandum - Department of Defense - Joint Chiefs of Staff - Caribbean Survey Group - Secretary of Defense - Robert McNamara - March 13

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The proposal's existence was often dismissed as unfounded "conspiracy theory" until the draft memorandum was declassified in recent years through a Freedom of Information Act request by the National Security Archive.

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Conspiracy theory - Declassified - Freedom of Information Act - National Security Archive

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